Training

Cooperative Purchasing allows GSA to provide states and localities access to Information Technology and Law Enforcement products and services on GSA Schedule.
 

Please visit our National Training site at www.gsa.gov/event.  Search by "small business" for a specific filter.  Also visit www.gsa.gov/smallbizhelp and click on "Training"

Want to learn more about GSA's State and Local programs? Join this webinar to get a brief overview on:
• Cooperative Purchasing
• 1122 Program
• Disaster Recovery Purchasing
• Public Health Emergencies

This training segment focuses on contractor team arrangements.  This is a relationship between Schedule contractors that works to achieve a total solution for customers and limits the necessity to reach into the open market.  Additionally, the video introduces one of GSA’s e-tools, GSA eLibrary.  This is a search engine and guide to GSA Schedules.  It is the official online source for complete GSA and VA Schedules (and GWACs). 

This video further describes BPAs and differentiates between single award and multiple award BPAs. Recently, there have been major changes to single award BPAs and when they can be used; multiple award BPAs are encouraged whenever possible as they offer competition. Multiple award BPAs also offer flexibility, lowered pricing, and continually move contractors on and off of the vehicle to ensure high performance. The video also highlights the importance of using contract vehicles already in place, such as GSA’s Schedules and BPA’s.

Archived Webinar Topic: Section 863 - Everything You Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask
(Presenter: Nick West; Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011)

This segment is a continuation of 863 and discusses how FedBizOpps can be used to satisfy the new requirements related to this rule.  It also goes into the differences between a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) and an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.  It concludes by listing benefits of using BPAs established against a Schedule for quick, convenient, effective, and reasonable access to supplies and services. 

In this webinar Mahruba Uddowla, MAS Program Office Procurement Analyst, will explore in depth the various ways ordering agencies can use the Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) Program in achieving or exceeding their socio-economic goals.

Presenter: Mahruba Uddowla

Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011

Time: 1:00 pm, Eastern Time

Location: Online WebEx Webinar, http://bit.ly/qp8day

Meeting Password: schedules123

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To join the online meeting

This video introduces Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) and some of the recent changes in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) that will affect these contracts.  Specifically, it explains ordering off of Schedules and gives an overview of 863 and the new, enhanced competition requirements.

Just go to http://expo.gsa.gov/training/matrix and look around.  Please take special note of the "Business Support" section in the training matrix.  This training is specifically targeted toward the private sector, and GSA Schedule Contractors.